Definitions for earthshakingˈɜrθˌʃeɪ kɪŋ

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

earth•shak•ingˈɜrθˌʃeɪ kɪŋ(adj.)

  1. imperiling, challenging, or significantly affecting basic beliefs, attitudes, relationships, etc.

Origin of earthshaking:

1350–1400

earth′shak`ing•ly(adv.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. earthshaking(adj)

    loud enough to shake the very earth

  2. earthshaking, world-shaking, world-shattering(adj)

    sufficiently significant to affect the whole world

    "earthshaking proposals"; "the contest was no world-shaking affair"; "the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering"

Wiktionary

  1. earthshaking(Adjective)

    Of global consequence or importance

  2. earthshaking(Adjective)

    Very loud


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